Theater Review (NYC): The Language of Trees by Steven Levenson - Page 2

The play tackles serious issues, and ones deeply felt by millions of Americans. I was one of the few theatergoers not crying at the end. It felt, however, to be more moving because of the real-life parallels than the specific human drama of the setting. I was reminded of people I know in the military, and of scenes in the news. But in the characters Loretta and Eben I only find suggestions of what such people could be like.

You can safely skip this play, but watch out for Levenson in the future. There is a candor and ambition in his work that may develop quite magically.

By Steven Levenson. Directed by Alex Timbers. With: Maggie Burke (Kay Danley), Natalie Gold (Loretta Trumble-Pinkerstone), Michael Hayden (Denton Pinkerstone), Gio Perez (Eben Trumble-Pinkerstone) and Michael Warner (Bill Clinton). Presented by the Roundabout Theater Company at the Roundabout’s Black Box Theater in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theater, 111 West 46th Street, Manhattan. Through December 14.

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